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MACHINE POR GREASING THE FOLD LINES'INTO SHIRTS.

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No. 437,786. Patented Oct. '7, 1890.

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MACHINE POR OREASING THE FOLD LINES INTO SHIRTS. No. 437,786. Patented Oct. '7, 1890.

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JOSEPH MCKAY, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

MACHINE FOR CREASING THE FOLD-LINES INTO SHIRTS.

S'BECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,786, dated October '7, 1890.

ilpplication filed January 17, 1890. Serial No. 337,174. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH MCKAY, of the city of Troy, county of Rensselaer, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Creasing Fold-Lines into Shirts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a mechanism for putting into laundered shirts the bosom sidefold lines and also into the sleeves the angular fold-lines on which the shirt body and sleeves are infolded to be packaged and put in boxes; and the object and purpose of my invention are to put the fold-lines in with regularity, so that the shirts when folded and packaged will have a uniform appearance;

and another purpose of my invention is to cheapen the cost of putting laundered shirts into a uniform shape for packing by doing more rapidly and cheaply by machinery what has heretofore been done by hand.

My invention consists, as will be more fully detailed hereinafter in connection with its illustration, in the combination, with a table on which the shirt-body is laid with its bosom uppermost and sleeves pendent from the table sides, said table having a holder-plate that is operated to descend onto the bosom and hold it there while the fold-lines are made therein and then to ascend from off the bosom, of a fold-linecreasing mechanism arranged at each side of the table, each of which is operated at the same time to press upon one of the side edges of the table or plate and that part of the shirt thereat between the side edges of the tablefplate 4and said fold-line creasers, and after thus creasing them to recede therefrom, and a stationary fold-line plate that is downwardly an d frontwardly projected from beneath the table-plate on an angle, and a fold-line creaser at each side of said angularly-placed plate, each of which fold-line creasers is operated to press upon the adjacent side edge of the angularly-placed foldline plate, so as to crease into the shirtsleeve thereat the fold-line on which the sleeves are inturned and then recede therefrom My invention also relates to the subcombination of the parts which I illustrate and describe, where such parts perform specific function, as will be detailed in the claims.

Accompanying this specilication to form a part of it there are nine plates of drawings containing seventeen figures illustrating my invention, with the same designation of parts by letter reference used in all of them.

Of the illustrations, Figure l is a perspective of my shirt-fold-line-producing mechanism, illustrated with the front end and one side thereof facing the view'and with a shirt as placed upon the machine, the bosom-holder plate as down upon the shirt, but with the side-creasers and angular-fold-line creasers away from engagement with the edges of the fold-lines plates. Fig. 2 is also a perspective of the parts shown at Fig. l, taken with the front end and one side as facingthe View, but with the bosom-holder plate shown as raised and the machine in position to have a shirt placed therein. Fig. 3 is a perspective of the machine with the rear end and one side facing the view and with the bosom-holder plate shown as raised from oif the table-plate for the placing of a shirt thereon. Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line Q3 of Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is a top view of the machine shown with the side-fold creasers and angular-fold creasers closed in against the edge of the tab1e-plates. Fig. G is a front end view of the machine with the side-fold creasers shown as closed in against the table-plates. Fig. 7 is a front end elevation of the machine with the side-fold creasers shown as moved ont preparatory to the insertion of the shirt. Fig. S is a side elevation of the machine. Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the driving-pulley, taken with what is its inner side facing the view. Fig. 10 is a section taken vertically and centrally through the driving-pulley, its shaft, clutch-wheel, and a spring-latch clutch, and a tripping-bar by which the mechanism is stopped after having made one revolution. Fig. ll is a cross-section taken on the line m2 .r2 of Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is a perspective of the clutch spring-latch shown as removed from its connection, and Fig. 13 is a perspective of the tripping-bar shown as removed from its connection. Fig. 14 shows a shirt after the bosom-side-fold creases and the sleeve anA gular-fold-line creases have been made therein by the machine. Fig. 15 shows the positions of the bosom-side-fold creases and the angular sleeve-fold creases after the shirt has been infolded by subsequent operations. Fig. 16

shows the bosom side of the shirt after being so folded, and Fig. 17 shows a modified form of fold-creasing device.

The parts of the mechanism thus illustrated are designated by letter reference, and the function'of the parts is described as follows:

The letterF designates the frame of the machine, and L its legs or feet.

The letter S designates the main drivingshaft, having its end bearings atb in the end frame parts F. The letter P designates the driving-pulley adapted to run loosely on the said shaft S, and the letters CZ CZ CZ designate clutch-stops made on the inner face k of the driving-pulley hub, (indicated at h and shown at Fig. 9.) Y

The letter C designates a clutch-wheel that is connected to, so as to turn with, the shaft S, and the letter c2 designates a spring clutchlatch made with the recess K, and which latch.

is arranged to move in a 'chamber c3, made in said clutch-wheel C, parallel to the axis of the latter, as shown at Figs. 10, 11, and 12.

The letter r designates a chamber made in the end of said clutch-latch; and S2 a spring arranged in said chamber, so as to bear on the inner end of the clutch-latch e and upon the inner end face of the chamber c3, so that said clutch-latch is moved outwardly in said chamber csby said spring, and when so moved it will engage with that one of the clutch-stops CZ with which it comes in contact on the rotating pulley P, (shown at Fig. 10,) and when so engaged the clutch-wheel C and shaft S will be rotated.

The letter g designates a groove made to encircle the clutchpullcy C, and the letter p4 a tripping-bar adapted to run therein, said tripping-bar being mounted on the upper end of a rod or leg 0,3, with a T-form connection, as shown at Fig. 11. The arm a of this tripping-bar is made wedge form, as shown at Fig. 13, and itis arranged in the groove g so that its Wedge-form end arm a will point toward and in a direction that will 'constantly meetthe rotation of the clutch-Wheel. Vhen this tripping-bar is drawn from out of the groove g ,the spring-latch being released from the engagement which the arm a of the tripping-bar makes with its recess K, the springlatch is moved outwardly to engage with one of the stops CZ on the inside face of the pulley P to start the clutch C and shaft S, as before described, and when the tripping-bar is allowed to return to the groove g it runs therein until its wedge-form arm ct enters the recess K of the latch-clutch, and, revolving with the wheel C, it comes around to again engage with the tripping-bar, when the latter, entering the recess, crowds the latch-clutch back away from its engagement with the pulley P andthe machine stops.

'The letter a3 designates the downwardlyprojected arm of the tripping-bar p4, and the letter J designates a bracket that is rearwardly extendedv from the frame F, as shown at Figs. 3, 8, 10, and 11. The letter p7 designates a chamber formed in said bracket for the reception of a spring S4 and the passage of t-he arm a2. The letter p6 designates a collar formed on said arm, and the spring S4 encircles said arm between the bottom of the said chamber and said collar, so that said arm is pulled down to draw the tripping-bar from out ofthe groove g of the clutch-wheel C against the force of this spring S4.

The letter Z designates a lever, which is centrally pivoted to the frame F and at its outer end at Z2 to the arm a3 of the trippingbar 104.

The letter Z3 designates a rod that at its lower end Z4 is pivoted to the lever Z and at its upper end to the bell-crank lever Z5, and the letter Z6 designates a rod that at Z7'connects with the said bell-crank lever, and therefrom is extended frontwardly through the machinefraine and provided with a pushbutton H, by means of which the lever Z is operated to pull down the tripping-bar to release the latch-clutch and start the mechanism, as before described.

The folders forming part of the creasingv has two downwardly-extended legs L4, that are journaled at b2 b2 onto the ro'd or bar R4 at their lower ends, so as to oscillate thereon, said rod or bar connecting at its ends with the frame F. Each of these fold-creasers F2 is constructed with a rod or bar R2, which at its ends is secured to the legs L4, and each is constructed with a pitman P2, that at its outer end e4 is journaled onto the rod or bar R2 and at its inner end e5 connected with the shaft S by means of an eccentric E, the latter on each of the two pitmen being arranged oppositely as to their eccentricity, 'so that when the shaft S makes one revolution the foldcreasers F2 are drawn in toward each other to engage with the table-plate T, as will be more fully described hereinafter, and then move away from each other.

The upper part of the bosomside-fold creasers F2, and that which co-operates with the table-plate T to put in the bosom side-fold lines, as will be hereinafter described, is preferably made of two metal parts m m2, each of which is pivoted onto the rod D, the lower part m2 being so pivoted at h3 and the upper part m at h4. Each of the parts m and m2 is constructed with outwardly-projected iingers, those arranged upon the part m being indicated at f and the fingers upon the lpart m2 being indicated at f2.

The letters SG designate springs that are attached at their ends to the hinging-rod D, and from Where attached encircle said rod helically and terminate in a tangent arm a6, that IOO IIO

bears upon the upper side of the fingers f2 of the folder part m2, so that when these folder parts engage with the side edges of the tableplate T they yield a little for the latter to press in between them, the lower part m2 yielding against the force of the spring SG and the plate m being raised on its hinged connection against its weight.

The let-ter A15 designates a bracket projected outward from the upper ends of the legs L4, as shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7, and 615 designates a bolt projected through each of the brackets and extending inwardly and horizontally therefrom at each end and side of the machine. The fingers fof the plates m are rounded out on their upper sides, as shown in Fig. 3, and are arranged to rest against and engage the bolts Z915 with the rounded-out por tions to hold the plates m in horizontal position when not in use. The springs on the rods D by engagement with the ngers f2 act to keep the plates m2 in a horizontal position.

The letters g2 designate gas-pipes, from which gas issuing in jets is burned to heat the fold-creasing parts m m2, and the letter S8 indicates a shield-plate arranged to prevent the flame of the gas from igniting the fabric or burning the shirt.

The letters A A designate the folder parts constructed and arranged to put in the angular sleeve-fold creases ot` the shirt, there being oneoftheseangular-sleeve-fold-creasingmechanisms at each side of the machine. Each of these angular-fold-creasing devices is preferably made of two parts or plates, laid one above the other, and they are each pivoted onto a rod or bar R11 and are each provided with fingers and springs engaging with, so as to bearon, the latter. The upper part of each of these angularly-plaeed fold-line creasers is designated at n', and it is pivoted to the rod R11 at 71,5 and provided with fingers f and springs S, having tangent arms a. The lower part is designated at n?. It is pivoted to the rod orbarR14at h5, and is provided with fingers f7 and springs S111, having tangent arms d10,

the latter springs being at one end connected to the rod R11, and from where thus connected made to helical] y encircle said rod or bar, with their tangent arms bearing on the upper side of the fingers f7. The springs S are also connected to the rod or barR111 in the same manner, but arranged with their tangent arms ai to bear on the under side of the fingers f of the plate n', so that these plates u and n2 can open apart on their inner contact edges to admit the edge of the angularly-placed stationary table-plate T2 (which will be subsequently described) against the force of springs S and S10.

The angular-fold-creasing devices are held in horizontal position by means similar to those specified as holding the side-creasers in horizontal position. Each of these fold-creasing devices A A is arranged on an angle that is obtuse to the machine-table at the rear and acute where the table is in advance of them,

and each of these angular-fold-creasing devices is provided with two downwardly-extended legs L6, which at their lower ends eT are j ournaled onto the rod or bar R4, so that they can oscillate thereon.

The letters R6 designate a rod or bar connecting with each of the legs LG of each of the angular-fold-creasing devices, and P1 a pitman which at its outer end es is j ournaled onto the rod R11 of each of them. The inner end of each of these pitmen connects with an eccentric E2, arranged on the shaft S, the said eccentrics being arranged thereon oppositely as to their throw or eccentricity, so that when the shaft S is making one revolution the angular-fold-ereasing devices A A are drawn toward each other and so as to engage with the angularly placed table -plate T2, as will be more fully detailed hereinafter in connection with a description of the latter'.

The letter g1 designates a pipe, from which gas is burned by means of apertures therein to heat the plates n and n2, and d a shieldplate arranged to prevent the gas from burning the shirt, as shown at Figs. 2, 4, and 8.

The table-plate T is arranged between the bosom-side-fold-creasing mechanisms F2 and supported at its ends and center on the frame F. It has straight side edges e9 and is placed relatively to the bosom-side-fold-creasing mechanisms F2, so that when the latter are moved toward each other they on their inner edges will engage with the side edges of the table-plate, and when said bosom-side-foldcreasing devices F2 are made in two parts or plates that are pivoted together it will enter between and force them apart on their pivoted connection against the force of the springs of the under plate and the weight of the upper plate.

The angularly-placed table-plate T2 has blade side edges @11, and is secured to the under side of the table -plate T so as to correspond to and be parallel with the downward and angular projection of the angular-sleevefold-creasing devices A when the latter come in contact with the former.` This angularlyplaced table -plate is arranged between the angular-erease-fold devices A, and when the latter are made with the two plates 'n' and n2, hinged to the rod R11, the blade-edge @11 of the table-plate will enter between the said plates and force them apart against the action of l their springs when the said fold-creasing devices A are moved to engage with the angular table-plate.

The letter B1 designates the bosom-holder plate, which is made with a straight side edge that aligns with the side edge of the table T and is operated by hand to descend onto the bosom of the shirt when placed on the table T with the bosom uppermost and the sleeves hanging down, as shown at Fig. l, and to be raised up for the removal of the shirt after the fold-creases have been made therein and into the position shown at Figs. 2 and S. The bosom-holder plate proper is designated at ICO IIO

B4, and its function is, when pressed down on the bosom and shirt, to keep the same in place, and it is preferably constructed and operated as follows to perform this function.

The letter I designates an arm that is connected with the top of the bosom-holder plate and therefrom extended rearwardly to run in a vertical guideway G, made in the plate y.

The letter M designates another guideway attached to the frame F, and N a guide-rod attached to the arm I and downwardly projected through said guideway M.'

The letters O O2 designate two links, the upper one of which is pivoted to the lower end of the guide-rod N, and the lower link O2 is pivoted at O4 to a bar O5, projected inwardly from the machine-frame, with both of said links at their adjacent ends pivoted to the rod O7, which is extended frontwardly through the machine frame and provided with a pivoted hand-lever L8, so that when the latter is pulled out the besoin-holder plate is caused to descend onto the shirt placed on the table-plate, and when the action of said lever is reversed the bosom-holder plate is raised from off the shirt and table-plate, as shown at Figs. 3 and 8.

The rear end of the bosom-holder plate is notched out at k2 to receive the upwardlyprojected neckband of the shirt, and this bosom-holder plate is provided with an aperture A4, made in the latter, or recessesj, made in the side edge thereof for sight-openings and for the proper alignment of the bosom edge with the side edges of the table-plate.

When the bosom -side fold creasing devices and also the angular-sleeve-fold-creasing devices engage with the intermediate shirt parts and the respective table-plates, it is desirable that they should remain in such engagement for a short time to more thoroughly impress into the intermediately-placed fabric the desired fold-creases. To accomplish this momentary detention While in this position, the bearings e4 of the pitmen P2 of cach of the crease-folders F2 are made slightly elliptical, as shown bythe dotted line du of Fig. 7, and to insure the same effect upon the angular-crease vfolders A the pitmen P4 of each of their journal ends e7 have their bearings made slightly elliptical, as shown by the dotted line d of Fig. 7.

The letters D5 designate springs connecting the legs of the crease-folders F2 to keep them from shaking or Vibrating in their elliptical connections with the pitmen.

As thus made and arranged, a laundered shirt is placed on the table-plate with the bosom-holder plate operated to descend thereon and hold the same in place. When the push-button is forced in, the side-folders F2 and the angular folders A are forced inwardly, the former toward the table-plate to press into the shirt the bosom side-folds F7 by the pressure upon theshirtof the crease-folders F2, where between the latter and the edges of the table-plate T, while the pendent shirtsleeves are caught between the inwardly-moving angular creasing devices A and the stationary angular table-plates T2 to press intothe sleeves the angular folds F8.

While I have illustrated and described the bosom-side-fold-creasing devices F2 as made in two parts that are pivoted together, if desired, they may be made of a single piece of metal, as shown at Fig. 17, and having a side slot c on their inner edges, int-o which slot, as said fold-creaser F2 approaches the edges of the side table-plate T, the latter will enter and press into said slot the intermediate shirt, and the angular folders A, instead of each being made into two parts and pivoted together, may each be made in one piece, with a slot o on its inside edge, as shown at Fig. 17, and as thus constructed each of them may be operated to receive the edge of the angular table-plate T2 and an intermediate shirt-sleeve part, as shown in cross-section.

The function of the bosom folder-plate being to descend onto and from ott' of the top surface of the table-plate, and while down upon the latter to hold the intermediatelyplaced shirt iirmly at the side edges of the table, it differs from holder-plates used in connection with ironing-machines where the holder-plate subtends at the sides of the table-plate and passes below the side edges of the latter to clamp the bosom upon the board or tableplate.

I do not limit my invention thereof to the particular means shown to operate the same, for any other means that will operate it to move in substantially the same manner may be used.

The function of the fold-creasers F2 and the angular fold-creasers A being to engage with IOO their respective table-plates and crease into the shirt-body the bosom side-folds and into the sleeves the angular folds, any mechanism other than that shown which will` operate them in substantially the same manner may be used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

l. The combination of the table T, `the bosom-holder plate B4, formed with the rearward-extending arm I, havinga downwardlyprojected guide-rod N, arranged in a guideway in the frame of the machine, the plate y, formed with a guideway to receive and hold the end of the arm I, and a lever to raise and lower the bosom-holder plate, substantially as described. o 4

2. The combination, with the table-plate T, having straight side edges, of the foldline creaser F2, arranged at each side `of said table-plate, and with each of said creasers operated to engage with the adjacent side edge of said table-plate and an intermediatelyplaced shirt and to then move away from such engagement, substantially in the manner as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination, with the table-plate T,

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having straight side edges, of the bosomholder plate B4, operated to descend onto and from off of said table plate, and the fold-line creaser F2, arranged at each side of said tableplate, with each of said fold-line creasers operated to engage with the adjacent side edge of said table-plate and an intermediatelyplaced shirt and to then move away therefrom, substantially in the manner as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The combination, with a table -plate adapted to have a shirt placed thereon with the sleeves pendent therefrom, substantially as described, of a sleeve-line-fold plate downwardly and frontwardly projected from beneath said table-plate on an angle thereto and a fold-line-creasing device arranged on each side of said sleeve-fold-line plate, each made in angular coincidence with said sleevefold-line plate, and with each of said creasing devices operated to make an engagement with the adjacent edge thereof, and an interinediately-pendent shirt-sleeve to crease a fold-line therein and then to move away therefrom, substantially in the manner as shown and described.

5. The combination, with the table-plate T, having abosom-holder plate constructed to operate in connection therewith, substantially as described, ofthe fold-line creaser F2, arranged at each side of said table-plate and operated to each engage with the adjacent side edge of said table-plate and an intermediately-placed shirt thereat and to move away therefrom, substantially as described, the angularly and downwardly projected sleeve-fold plate T2, arranged beneath said table-plate, and the fold-line creaser A, arranged at each side of said sleeve-fold plate, and each operated to engage with the adjacent edge of said sleeve-fold plate and an intermediately-pendent shirt-sleeve thereat, and then to move away therefrom, substantially in the manner as and for the purposes set forth.

6. The combination, with the table T, of t-he fold-line creasers F2, arranged at each side thereof, each of said fold-line creasers being made of the metal plate parts m and m2, arranged one above the other and in contact, and each of them separately pivoted to the rod D on their outer edges, and each of them thereat constructed with projecting fingers, those on the lower plate part 'm2 being adapted to engage with springs on said hinging-rod, against the force of which springs and the .weight of the upper plate part m they are moved apart on their pivoted connection, and with each of said fold-line creasers F2 operated to engage with the adjacent side edge of the said table-plate, so that they will open apart on their inner edges to each receive one of the side edges of the said table-plate and an intermediate shirt part and then to draw away therefrom, substantially in the manner as and for the purposes set forth.

7. The combination, with the table-plate T,

adapted to have a shirt placed thereon with its sleeves pendent therefrom, of the sleevefold-line plate T2, downwardly projected from beneath said table-plate on an angle, the sleeve-fold creaser A, arranged at each side of said angular sleeve-fold-liue plate, each of said sleeve-fold-line ereasers being made of the plate parts n and n2, arranged one above the other in contact, and each of said parts pivoted to the rod R11 on their outer edge and each thereat provided with fingers adapted to engage with springs on said rod, against the force of which springs said plates open apart on their hinged connection, and each of said sleeve-fold creasers operated to engage with the adjacent side edge of said plate T2 to open to receive the latter and an intermediate and pendent shirt-sleeve and then to draw away therefrom, substantially in the manner as and for the purposes set forth.

S. The combination, with the table-plate T, of the fold-line creasers F2, arranged at each side thereof, and each of wh ich fold-line creasers have legs which are at their lower ends journaled to a support, the driving-shafts, operated to start and to make 011e revolution and to automatically stop, substantially as described, an eccentric for each of said fold-line creasers upon said driving-shaft, each arranged oppositely as to throw, and a pitman connecting at its inner end with each of said eccentries and at its outer end having an elliptical bearing where making a journaled connection to operate each of said foldline creasers, substantially in the manner as and for the purposes set forth.

9. The combination, with the table-plate T, of the fold-line creasers F2, arranged at each side thereof, which fold-line creasers have legs which at their lower ends are journaled to a support, the driving-shaft S, operated to start and to make one revolution and to then automatically stop, substantially as described, an eccentric for each of said foldline creasers upon said driving-shaft, each of which is arranged oppositely thereon as to throw, a pitman connecting at its inner ends with each one of said eccentries and at its outer end having an elliptical bearing where making a journaled connection to operate each one of said fold-line creasers, and a spring connecting the legs of said fold-line creasers, substantially in the manner as and for the purposes set forth.

lO. The combination, with the table-plate T, adapted to have a shirt placed thereon with its sleeves pendent therefrom at each side thereof, of a sleeve-fold-line plate T2, downwardly and frontwardly projected from beneath the said table-plate on an angle, the sleeve-fold-line creaser A, arranged on each side of said sleeve-fold-line plate, each of said creasers having downwardly-projected legs that are j ournaled at their lower ends to a support, the driving-shaft S, operated to make one revolution when started and to automatically stop, an eccentric for each of said IOO IIO

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fold-creasers A, arranged on said shaft, each of which is placed oppositely thereon as to throw, and a pitman connecting at its inner ends with each of said eccentrics and at Yits outer end having an elliptical bearing Where connecting to operate said creasers, substantially in the manner as and for the purposes set forth.

11. The combination, withl the fold-line creasers F2, of the gas-pipe g2, provided with Haine-apertures, and the shield-plate S8, arranged with reference to said fold-line creasers substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

l2. The combination, with the sleeve-foldline oreasers A, of the gas-pipe g4, made with Hanne-apertures, and the shield-plate d, arranged With reference to said fold-line creasers, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

13.111 a machine for putting the bosoni sidefold lines and the angular sleeve-fold lines into shirts, the combination of a table-plate on which a shirt may be placed with each of its sleeves pendent from the opposite sides thereof, a holder-plate operated to descend onto and ascend from off said table-plate, a Sleeve-fold-line plate downwardly and front- Wardly projected from beneath said tableplate on an angle, a fold-line creaser at each side of said table-plate, constructed and arranged to engage with the adjacent side edge thereof, a fold-line creaser at each side of Said sleeve-fold-line plate constructed and arranged to engage with the adjacent side edge thereof, and a driving-shaft constructed and operated when started to make one revolution and automatically stop, said shaft makin g connection with each of said creasers to operate them synchronously to produce one reciprocation at each rotation ot' said shaft, substantially in the manner as and for the purposes set forth.

Signed at Troy, New York, this 25th day of November, 1889, and in the presence of the 45 two Witnesses Whose names are hereto Written.

JGSE'PH MCKAY. Vtnesses:

N. E. HAGAN, CHARLES S. BRINTNALL. 

